Secret Of The Great Seal

By astradome.com

1776 was not only an important year in American History, but a clock ticking downward 13 cycles of time ending in the year 2012. This is when a prophecy encoded on the Great Seal about the return of Osiris/Apollo may be fulfilled, and a new pagan age begins.

The world is presently consumed with the dynamics of the Mayan Prophesy. In general, the excitement (or anxiety) encompasses a variety of predictions. According to the experts, we are destined towards a global upheaval when Earth and her inhabitants undergo an unprecedented moment in time marked by the fast approaching end of the Mayan 13th Baktun Long Count.

In 2006, NASA, in connection with the National Center for Atmospheric Research, published a report prepared by Mausumi Dikpati announcing the inevitable probability of apocalyptic solar flares destined to zap Earth in 2012. The grave repercussions of these powerful solar flares will be extensive; one of the most dangerous resulting in the destruction of the magnetic grid world-wide.

Internationally recognized researcher and writer, Tom Horn recently made his own breakthrough when his research surrendered a startling revelation. In his fascinating novel - 'Apollyon Rising 2012' he exposes one of the biggest secrets of the global 'elite' and their push for a 'New World Order' in the year 2012.

This secret has been hidden in plain sight for over two-hundred years. It can be witnessed in Washington DC and at the Vatican. It supports what numerous ancient societies (and there were plenty according to Horn) have prophesized: the 'gods' are returning to Earth, heralding the start of a new pagan Golden Age!

Much of the published work by Horn in Apollyon Rising 2012 seems to be unprecedented. His research uncovered a collection of books written in medieval Aramaic over seven hundred years ago. Included was the 'Vaera' - a section of the Zohar that announces the coming of the Messiah ( the heralding Mashiach) with the fascinating date for 'his' appearance set in late 2012.

Horn provides the surprising connections between the United States and the Mayans. It is the layout of Washington D.C. and the secret symbolism of its immediate structures, specifically the Capital Dome and Obelisk, as well as the Great Seal of the United States that are most fascinating! They are the groundwork for 'the true lost symbol' which Dan Brown completely missed.

The 'Dome' symbol is the ancient structural representation of the womb of Isis and the Obelisk symbolizes the erect male phallus of Osiris. How this is connected to the year 2012 and the return of Osiris/Apollo/Nimrod in 'Apollyon Rising 2012' is very disturbing . . .

In his book, Horn discusses how the god (Apollo) is identified in several places in the New Testament as the 'spirit' that will inhabit the Antichrist and give rise to the novus ordo seclorum or 'new order of the ages' - exactly what the Maya, Toltec, Aztec, Cherokee and others said will occur in the year 2012.

Using the symbolic structures of the Dome (womb) and Obelisk (phallus) in both locations (Rome and Washington D.C.) it has been the endeavor of the Masons to resurrect the 'spirit' that will inhabit the Antichrist by engaging in a secret ritual. Every president since George Washington has been 'apotheosized' in this ritual in hopes of resurrecting the pagan god Apollo to reside within his body. No doubt this ritual is also performed at the Vatican with each pope.

It seems most of them (founding fathers) had one thing in common. They were all members of the Lodge and believed America was created to be the New Atlantis, a pagan land of esoteric wisdom destined to usher in the Masonic Messiah. If you are confused because you thought that America was created as a Christian nation under God . . . you will have to face reality. Where are the statues of Jesus and the Apostles? There aren't any. Instead, similar to the Vatican, Washington D.C. is fraught with Egyptian and Greek gods, gargoyles and pagan idols. Its streets are constructed around a satanic pentagram and its centerpiece is a 6,666 inch high - 666-inch wide Egyptian obelisk called the Washington Monument! (Interesting how the number '666' appears.)

The end date of the Mayan calendar is December 21, 2012 ( Winter Solstice) when the Sun will align with the galactic center of the Milky Way at 11:11 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) - an event that only occurs every 13 thousand years. It will also conclude a 26 thousand year cycle (Precession of the Equinoxes) bringing the Astrological Age of Pisces to an end as it ushers in the Age of Aquarius.

Mayans made predictions based on the terrestrial and celestial cycles as did the Aztec and Inca. So far, the only known Mayan inscription that elaborates on the specific significance behind the end of the 13th Baktun of December 21, 2012 was discovered on Monument 6 at Tortuguero, Tabasco, Mexico. Though defaced from area construction and looting of the archaeological location, scholars were able to partially translate the monument, finding that it refers to year 2012 and the return of Bolon Yokte K’u, the underworld lord who represents the Solar System and his nine support gods.

The Maya are not alone in their 2012 predictions. Cherokee Indians also made a series of apocalyptic prophecies ('Cherokee Rattlesnake Prophecies' - AKA the 'Chickamaugan Prophecy/Cherokee Star Constellation Prophecies') during 1811-1812. The prophecies are very similar to Meso-American beliefs, and are interpreted as the return of the feathered serpent god, Quetzalcoatl. Like the Maya, the Cherokee Calendar ends mysteriously in the year 2012 when astronomical phenomena related to Jupiter, Venus, Orion, and the Pleiades cause the 'powers' of the star systems to awaken.

Horn provides evidence that early Freemasons were aware of the Meso-American belief system and the significance of the Calendar end date of 2012. Incorporated into the design of the Capital Dome, it can be vividly observed in the commissioned artwork of Constantino Brumidi.

Born in Rome, Italy on July 26, 1805, Brumidi was an Italian/Greek painter who made his name restoring sixteenth century Vatican frescos and his artwork in several Roman palaces. Following the French occupation of Rome in 1849, Brumidi immigrated to the United States and became a citizen. He worked for the Jesuits in New York who were viewed as the 'hidden power and authority' of the Roman Catholic Church. In 1854, the Jesuits abruptly financed a trip for Brumidi to visit Mexico. While there, he painted a representation of the Holy Trinity in the Mexican City Cathedral. However, he was also engaged in the curious task of making copious notes of the ancient Aztec Calendar Stone (AKA - the 'Stone of the Sun').

Upon his return from Mexico, Brumidi met with Quartermaster Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs, Supervisor of Construction to whom he submitted his collection of notes and drawings. Commissioned to be the 'government painter' he began adorning the hallways and Rotunda of the Capitol with frescos sacred to Freemasonry which included the 'Apotheosis of George Washington' and the famous 'Frieze of American History'. Brumidi died in 1880 but not before he attached his historic work called 'Cortez and Montezuma at Mexican Temple' featuring the Aztec Calendar Stone and other important Masonic symbolism. During the pinnacle of Aztec civilization when the Aztec ruled Mexico, the Stone rested atop the Tenochtitlan Temple in the midst of the most powerful and largest city in Meso-America. Today, the 'Stone of the Sun' is on display in the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City’s Chapultepec Park.

The remarkable and unexpected Masonic connection between the establishment of the United States - 1776 - and the Mayan end date of 2012 - is the link between the number 'thirteen' found on the steps of the unfinished pyramid on the American dollar bill as well as other esoteric symbolism.

If you didn't know what America's founding fathers believed, our paper money is a dead giveaway. It revolves around Egyptian and occult deities, specifically the Sun god, with the all-seeing eye representing Osiris and the unfinished capstone of the Great Pyramid awaiting its finishing touch from the Masonic Messiah.

Horn provides strong evidence that the Mayan 13 cycles that began in the year 1776 and end in the year 2012 formed the basis of the 13 steps of the unfinished pyramid on the Great Seal of the United States.

"It is no coincidence that the start and ending dates of the final thirteen Katuns of the Meso-American Mayan Long Count Calendar are reflected in the thirteen steps of the pyramid on the United States’ Great Seal. Furthermore, that the steps of the pyramid were intended to convey units of time has been an open secret for many years," Horn claims.

Though he was not sure what to make of it himself, Paul Foster Case agreed with this concept many years ago, writing:

"Since the date, 1776, is placed on the bottom course of the pyramid, and since the number thirteen has been so important in the symbolism of the seal, it is not unreasonable to suppose that the thirteen courses of the pyramid may represent thirteen time periods."

Additional Considerations

When the Sun rises in the sign of Sagittarius - November 22nd - December 21st ( the Centaur with a bow), it is a symbol of Nimrod coming out of the mouth of Leviathan. Horn suggests that Nimrod became a Nephilim in the Bible when his DNA was altered. How did he cross the line from human to alien? And what was his reason for constructing the Tower of Babel? Will he be brought back to life in a laboratory one day and assume the role of the Antichrist? The scientific community is already working on bringing a Wooly Mammoth and Siberian Tiger back to life. Why not a satanic resurrection next? The countdown to December 21, 2012, continues. Lucifer's son, the seed of the serpent, may soon appear.

If nothing else surprises or upsets you, perhaps the painful realization that our government - from its conception - has been officiated by a bunch of negative occult 'wierdos' pretending to be what and who their constituents expected of them . . . while secretly engaging in pagan rituals - so ridiculous - so evil - you have to wonder about their sanity. Is it any wonder why our country is in the state it is at this very moment?

While it is difficult to believe all that Horn has disclosed, we have seen pictures of the 'elite' at Bohemian Grove engaged in their yearly sacrificial ceremony under the giant Owl. We have heard, read, and viewed other incidents confirming the authenticity of their occult practices. Therefore, these issues are not to be taken lightly. They are the people ruling the planet.

Are you not shocked to learn that our government is presently engaged in the experimentation of 'trans-genetics' - with expectations of merging animal DNA with human DNA to create a new breed of people to inhabit the planet post 2012. Ugh!!

Are you not outraged to learn that these mad-men and women are constantly engaged in all types of magical rituals and ceremonies to gain control of the planet? Are they not insane in believing that because they have constructed the 'props' (Dome and Obelisk) to perform the 'sexual ritual' in Rome and D.C., they will eventually be successful in resurrecting the pagan god Apollo to lead and dominate the world in their 'New World Order' scheme? They are not to be feared. They are to be confronted . . . and then restrained!

Horn tackles other bizarre issues head on. Did American soldiers find the remains of an ancient Nephilim in the sands of Iraq? Are there scientific efforts underway to clone these ancient giants? Is the Egyptian government conducting secret archeological digs under the Great Pyramid? What are they looking for? The questions are numerous . . . and the scene is constantly changing.

As an astrologer, it has always been my understanding that the 'gods' were mythological and represented energies within the human psyche. The dynamics of these energies could be expressed positively or negatively . . . or both within the same individual. One always strived for the positive expression.

In mythology, Shamash, the Babylonian sun god, is frequently depicted rising between two mountains. Jordan Maxwell has expounded on what he believes the symbolism of 'the rising sun between two mountains' represents He emphatically believes it is the symbol of communism and domination which is the intention of the New World Order. He has recently published his newest video on YouTube with his message and why he believes in it so strongly. However, the mythological inference of the two mountains in this case signifies the boundaries of the world - or as we might say today . . . the polarities of consciousness. The Sun in its most positive expression reconciles the opposites within and serves as the central point or balance between the yin and yang of life.

Prepare To Be Scanned

I am whoever I say I am?

The claim that biometrics are not ready for widespread application may seem puzzling, given the advances in computer technology. To understand the reservations of the experts, it is necessary to take a closer look at how biometrics work. Biometrics can be used in two ways. The first is identification (“who is this person?”), in which a subject's identity is determined by comparing a measured biometric against a database of stored records—a one-to-many comparison. The second is verification (“is this person who he claims to be?”), which involves a one-to-one comparison between a measured biometric and one known to come from a particular person. All biometrics can be used for verification, but different kinds of biometric vary in the extent to which they can be used for identification. They also vary in cost, complexity and intrusiveness. So which biometrics have been chosen for the new passports, visas and identity cards, and why? The oldest biometric is the one we use most frequently—a person's face. But while recognising faces is something that people can do easily, computers find it very difficult. Most computerised face-recognition systems work by building a template based on 30 or so “markers”—the positions of the edges of the eyes, the cheekbones, the base of the nose, and so on. These markers are chosen so that they are unaffected by expression or the presence of facial hair. Matching faces is then a matter of matching the templates. “Biometrics still do not work well enough for many applications in which they are being deployed” However, the results of an American government test released in March cast doubt on the accuracy of face-recognition systems. The test, called the Face Recognition Vendor Test, used systems from ten leading firms and a database of 121,589 images of 37,437 people. None of the systems worked well in a formal identification mode when shown a face and asked to identify the subject; nor did they work well when trying to recognise a face surreptitiously. However, three of the systems could be used for verifying identity in a controlled environment, such as the booths used to take passport photos. Joseph Atick of Identix, a biometrics vendor based in Minnetonka, Minnesota that took part in the test, insists that the deployment of his company's system by customers such as the state of Colorado, which is using it to try to prevent individuals from obtaining multiple driving licences, attests to the viability of facial biometrics. But Joel Lisker, a biometrics consultant who has worked extensively with America's Transportation Security Administration (TSA), says face-recognition systems have yet to prove themselves. In the TSA's own tests, not a single wanted person was spotted.

A hands-on approach

The first biometric technology to become widely used was hand geometry. It involves scanning the shape, size and other characteristics (such as finger length) of some or all of the hand. Users are required to make some claim about who they are—by swiping a card, for example—before a scan. The biometric template of the person they claim to be (in some cases, stored on the card itself) is then compared with the scan. Because it relies on comparatively simple sensors, hand geometry does not require the fancy technology that underpins other biometric systems, which gave it a head start. Bill Spence of Recognition Systems, a biometrics company based in Campbell, California, says San Francisco's international airport has used hand-geometry systems to control employee access since 1993. Another system, at Ben Gurion airport in Israel, uses hand geometry to allow trusted passengers to pass security control. A similar system deployed in America, called INSPASS, allows frequent travellers to the United States to skip immigration queues at several large airports. Hand-geometry systems are already used to control access and verify identities at many airports, offices, factories, schools, hospitals, nuclear-power plants and high-security government buildings. They are also used in “time and attendance” systems, in which shift workers clock on and off using their handprints—preventing time-card fraud through “buddy punching”. One benefit of hand geometry is that unlike fingerprint scanning, it is not stigmatised by an association with law enforcement. However, hand geometry has a key problem: people's hands do not differ enough for it to be used as an identification system. As a result, says Dr Atick, hand geometry's market share is plunging. The technology which is perhaps most responsible for the decline in hand geometry is finger scanning. Ink-based fingerprints have been in use for over a century, but in recent years they have gone digital. Modern electronic systems distil the arches, loops and whorls of conventional fingerprints into a numerical code. This can be compared with a database in seconds and with an extraordinary degree of accuracy. Identix, which sells such a system, was recently selected by America's Department of Homeland Security to provide fingerprint scanners at Citizenship and Immigration Services offices across the country. The remarkable success of fingerprints as a forensic tool for law-enforcement agencies has come about because these agencies take fingerprints very meticulously. All ten fingers are used, and each finger must be rolled back and forth, to get “nail-to-nail coverage”. Such thoroughness is appropriate in a police station, however, but not in an airport. Another problem is that around 5% of people do not have readable fingerprints, either because their fingerprints are genetically indistinct or because years of manual labour have worn them down. And while the technology is now relatively cheap—basic digital fingerprint readers cost less than $100—it is not foolproof. Some fingerprint scanners can be spoofed with nothing more than a breath of hot air, which reactivates latent prints left on the scanner. And Tsutomu Matsumoto, a researcher at Yokohama National University, was able to fool fingerprint scanners around 80% of the time using fingers made of moulded gelatin.

An eye for an eye

Another option is to scan the eye. Such systems date back to the 1970s, when the retina, the surface of the back of the eye, was considered the useful bit, mostly because medical techniques for probing it had been developed. The iris, the coloured part surrounding the pupil, had been less thoroughly investigated. However, almost all experts now agree that the iris makes a better biometric than the retina, because it can be more easily examined. The use of cameras to measure the fibres, furrows and freckles in the iris is familiar from numerous spy films, with good reason: iris scanning is generally deemed to be the most reliable biometric. According to Peter Higgins, a biometrics consultant, the most widespread use of iris biometrics to date has been in Afghanistan, where the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is using iris scans to attempt to prevent refugees from collecting benefits more than once. Though the system has logged over 7m transactions, Mr Higgins points out that, because it is impossible to collect meaningful statistics in such an uncontrolled environment, no one has any idea how well the system has performed. Smaller-scale tests of other state-of-the-art iris systems, described in a GAO report, indicate that the rate of false non-matches can be as a high as 6%. This would mean that one in 20 attempts to claim benefits twice would be successful. Given the paltry sums being given to each refugee, it is not clear that the cost of deploying this anti-fraud system was justified. However, the UNHCR points out that it may have had a useful deterrent effect. Other biometrics include voice recognition, which is cheap, but not terribly reliable; gait recognition, which attempts to recognise people from the way they walk; dynamic signature-recognition, based on analysis of the shape of a signature and the way the pen moves while it is being written; and thermal imaging, which seeks to identify people by the pattern of heat which their bodies emit. But none of these technologies is taken seriously enough for use in a passport. Given all the limitations of individual biometrics, the best way forward in the long run, according to a forthcoming paper by Anil Jain, a biometrics expert at Michigan State University, will be the use of “multibiometric” systems. These combine several different biometrics in a single security system with almost universal coverage. For even if someone's fingerprints cannot be read, it is likely that his irises can be, and vice versa. Furthermore, Dr Jain points out that combining several different systems can lead to substantial improvements in error rates.

And the winner is...

So it is only logical to expect biometric passports and visas to take a multibiometric approach. America has decided on a combination of finger scanning and face recognition, and Europe seems to be leaning towards the same combination. Oman and the United Arab Emirates will issue biometric identity cards based on finger-scanning technology, to which Britain plans to add iris scans. All of these plans accord with the recommendation of the International Civil Aviation Organisation, which recently proposed that finger scanning should be adopted as an international standard, chiefly because fingerprint readers are much cheaper than iris scanners. However, America is also adopting face recognition because, say officials, they do not have the fingerprints of many terrorists, but they do have pictures. While this sounds like a logical explanation, Mr Higgins notes that, given the high error rates of facial-recognition systems, in relying on such a system, “you would really be exposing yourself.” The other critical choice, driven by the limitations of biometric technology, is that these biometrics will be used for verification, not identification. That is because identification is simply not feasible with databases containing millions of users. There are two key measures of how good a biometric system is: the false match rate, and the false non-match rate. These two can be balanced against each other. Tune the system to be tolerant, so that everything matches, and you have a false non-match rate of zero, but a very high false match rate; conversely, in a system that is so strict that it allows no matches, the false match rate is zero, but the false non-match rate is 100%. In an identification system, particularly one that has to search a large database of millions of templates, the task is much harder. Even a false match rate of one in 10,000 would produce thousands of false matches. And if you are trying to spot members of a small group of known terrorists, even the best of today's biometric systems produce hundreds of false matches for every correct match with a terrorist. The result is that the system is flooded with false alarms, which are routinely ignored, providing almost no additional security. As a result, the new border-control systems now being implemented at American border posts are merely verification systems.

Now for the catch

The trouble is, it is not clear that these identity-verification systems are worth the cost and trouble of introducing them. All 19 of the September 11th hijackers entered the United States using valid visas, on their own passports, for example. Verifying their identities using biometric visas would have made no difference. Worse, spending the billions of dollars that the GAO estimates will be necessary to implement biometric systems at border-crossing points—$1.4 billion to $2.9 billion initially, and $700m to $1.5 billion annually thereafter—may mean there is less to spend on other areas of security. America has long land-borders with Canada and Mexico, and tens of thousands of miles of coastline. Using biometrics at airports does little to reduce the level of illegal immigration, since most such entries do not occur at airports, but over the far more porous land and sea borders. The new system will, however, be ideally suited for spotting tourists or students who overstay on their visas, but that is a trivial issue. The cost of the new system will not just be financial. All visas will now have to be issued face to face, so that scanning can take place. This will put a huge administrative load on America's consulates around the world, which currently issue two-fifths of visas by post. Given the limitations of current biometric technology, the Big Brotherish concerns raised by privacy advocates are largely misplaced, at least for the time being. Other technologies, such as internet wiretapping and the ability to track the location of mobile phones, will arguably make much more substantial encroachments on privacy over the next few years. However, in the long term, biometrics, by their very nature, will compromise privacy in a deep and thorough fashion. If and when face-recognition technology improves to the point where surreptitious cameras can routinely recognise individuals, privacy, as it has existed in the public sphere, will in effect be wiped out. No doubt there will be some benefits: fraud, in particular the persistent and increasingly annoying problem of identity theft, might be substantially reduced if biometric-identification systems, introduced in the form of passports, visas and identity cards, become widespread. But privacy advocates argue that such benefits are not worth the risk of “function creep”—that once biometric passes have been issued by governments, it will be tempting to use them for all sorts of things, from buspasses to logging on to your office PC. Spurred by the misplaced enthusiasm of governments around the world, biometrics seem headed for dramatic growth in the next few years. But calm, public discussion of their benefits and drawbacks has been lamentably lacking. Such discussion is necessary both to prevent the waste of public money in the short term—for the most part, the private sector has been wiser in its adoption of biometrics—but also to regulate what will eventually have the potential to become a powerful mechanism for social control.

Nebuchadnezzar's Vision

The Dream of Nebuchadnezzar About the Beast

It is very important to note that more than 250 years before the time of Ezekiel's vision, a civil war had taken place that divided the Jewish nation into two kingdoms. The Assyrians conquered the Ten Tribes of the Northern Kingdom, called Israel in 722 BC. This was the result of a long period of unbelief and apostasy. The Ten Northern Tribes were hopelessly dispersed among the nations by the time of Ezekiel.

It wasn't until 606 BC that God's patience became exhausted with Judah's unbelief. King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon conquered the Southern Kingdom, known as Judah for the first time in 606 BC, exactly as God had forewarned through His Prophets. He left a token number of Jews there and had the rest carried off to Babylon as slaves. When the appointed king Jeconiah rebelled, Nebuchadnezzar returned in 586 BC and utterly destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple. All survivors were carried off as slaves, including Ezekiel.

From Empire to Empire (Beast) - John tells us that the 7 heads of the beast also represent 7 kingdoms; "five have fallen, one is, and the other is still to come. The Other is Not Yet Come." Revelation 17 v.10 Here he is referring to those great world empires from the time of the original Babylon of Nimrod's day which have been dominated by the false occultic religion of Babylon. Beast with Seven Heads Revelation 13 v.1

The first kingdom was Assyria, with its occult mad capital city of Nineveh (see Nahum 3 v.4). The second was Egypt, which devoted much of its total wealth to the construction of the pyramids, all built according to astrological specifications. Egypt was also given to black magic (see Exodus 7 v.11, 22; 8 v.7, 18; and 2 Tim. 3 v.9). The third was the neo-Babylonian religion of Daniel's day, which really perfected the black arts. The fourth was Medo-Persia, which conquered Babylon but was in turn enslaved by the Babylonian religion.

The fifth was the Greek Empire. One visit to Greece and her ancient temple sites will convince you of the sway which idolatrous religions held there. Running through the culture of all these great past empires was an underlying belief in astrology. This was the cohesive force that bound together all the witchcraft, sorcery and magic. Kings would seldom make a move without consulting advisors steeped in the ancient art of Babylonian religion. The ancient priests enjoyed royal stature and power, especially in Egypt.

When John speaks of the "five kingdoms that have fallen," he means the five just mentioned. But then he says, "One is". This has to refer to the great empire of his day, Rome, which was filled with the same occultic beliefs that had originated on the plains of Shinar in ancient Babylon. This was the sixth kingdom of John's vision. John looks to the future when he says of the seventh head (kingdom), " the other is not yet come; and when it comes, it must continue a short while" (Rev. 17 v.10c) This refers to the future revival of the Roman empire.

The Kingdom According to Daniel - In Daniel 2 v.31-35 we find the vision of Nebuchadnezzar recalled by Daniel, the great prophet. He sums up this description of the four world empires with these words: While you were watching, a rock was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and smashed them. Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were broken to pieces at the same time and became like chaff on a threshing floor in the summer. The wind swept them away without leaving a trace. But the rock that struck the statue became a huge mountain and filled the whole earth. (Dan 2 v.34-35)

The interpretation of this vision is provided by Daniel in 2 v.36-45. After describing the parts of the great image as four world kingdoms - the head of gold as Babylon, the breast and arms of silver representing the Medo-Persian Empire, the belly and thighs of bronze representing the Greek Empire, and legs or iron signifying the Roman Empire. Daniel describes the ten toes and the feet of iron and clay as representing the ten kingdoms that will cooperate in establishing the Antichrist in power during the Tribulation period.

Daniel's four beasts in chapter 7 represented future kingdoms, beginning with the lion, which represented the Babylonian Empire. Then he saw a bear, which represented the Medo Persian Empire, followed by a leopard, representing the Grecian Empire, and a nondescript beast, portraying the Roman Empire. These 4 animals, representing the four world kingdoms, are most interesting, for no world powers have existed other than the four described by Daniel, who wrote at the beginning of this chain of conquests.

John writes his description when the last government beast is in control; therefore his description is in reverse order. Whereas Daniel began with the lion, John ends with the lion Because these 2 prophets lived some 600 years apart, Daniel was looking forward to what would come to pass in relationship to these world kingdoms, but John is looking backward, for the Babylonian, Medo-Persian, Grecian, and Roman Empires have already appeared on the world scene.

From this prophecy and its interpretation we see that God Himself will "set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed." Will pulverize all the known kingdoms of the world, and will expand His Kingdom until it will "crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end." This can be none other than the Kingdom of God. This, then, is the Kingdom of God ruled over by Christ, who is symbolized in the Bible as a rock.

His Kingdom will be firmly established, filling the whole earth. We have already seen in Rev. 17 and 18 that nothing is more detrimental to humanity than religion and government. Humanity tends to look on government as a panacea to solve all of its ills. By contrast, the Bible teaches that a government without a benevolent despot of supernatural origin as its leader cannot be a happy experience, but a source of human misery.

The seven heads described here probably refer to the 7 heads of the Roman government, the epitome of human evil, that would appear through history. Five emperors had come and gone by the apostle John's time; one ruled during his time; and the 7th represents the Antichrist to come.

A rather interesting side note regarding the Holy Spirit's description of the beast to represent kingdoms appears in the contrasts in the book of Daniel. The world governments described in Nebuchadnezzar's image in Dan. 2 take the shape of an statue. Each section of that image represented one of the four coming world kingdoms. However, when God describes the coming world kingdoms, He uses beasts to symbolize them.

The ten horns symbolize the ten kings at the time of the end who would rule the world under Antichrist. When John tells us that the devil's tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to earth, he is probably describing the original demonic uprising against God. Satan somehow managed to convince a third of all God's angels to join him in his rebellion; these beings we now call "demons" or "fallen angels". They serve Satan and play an important role in the judgments of the Tribulation. We are given a glimpse into the future of the devil and his evil forces starting in verse 7.

Daniel was the first prophet to write about the Antichrist's one world government. The prophecy was given in a dream to the man whom historians consider the most absolute dictator in world history, king Nebuchadnezzar.

The Historical Accuracy of Daniel - Daniel wrote his book long before this prophecy came to pass; yet here we are, 2500 years later, and it has been fulfilled exactly as he predicted. In fact, his prophecy was so specific that for many years it was fashionable to suggest that an unknown author wrote it long after the four world governments were in place. Skeptics said the reason the prophecies where so accurate was that the writer was merely writing history, not prophecy.

Unfortunately for those skeptics, archaeologists have discovered copies of Daniel's prophecy dated from well within the period of the 2nd or Medo-Persian kingdom. There is no question today that Daniel's prophecy was accurate history written in advance. And that, of course, can happen only by divine revelation.

It is important to note that many have tried to conquer the world and become a 5th world leader. Genghis Khan, Napoleon, Kaiser Wilhelm, Adolph Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and many others have tried, all to no avail. The Bible said there would be four world governments and history reveals there have been only four.

Today, even though Rome is no longer an empire, virtually all western nations have taken their basic principles of government from Rome. The laws, statutes, senate, and other debating bodies have continued in what is called "Cesarean imperialism."

In the 13th chapter of Rev. the apostle John describes Daniel's ten kings as "horns" on the seven heads of a "beast". Don't let the imagery confuse you; while Nebuchadnezzar saw the future governments of man as a image or statue, God in parallel descriptions found in Rev. 7 & 8, saw them as beasts.

Daniel reveals that the ten kings pictured in Nebuchadnezzar's dream will not always obey every whim of the Antichrist. In fact, three of them rebel against him and are quickly crushed. Here is how he describes their rebellion and defeat: I was considering the horns, and there was another horn, a little one, coming up among them, before whom three of the first horns were plucked out by the roots, And there, in this horn, were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking pompous words. (Daniel 7:8).

An amazing footnote of history which is enormously important: When Alexander began his conquest southward toward Egypt, he conquered most of Israel and besieged Jerusalem. The High Priest requested an audience, and showed Alexander that his whole life and career had been fore known and predicted by Israel's God more than 200 years before. He taught Alexander from the 2nd, 7th, and 8th chapters of Daniel. It is said that Alexander fell down and declared Yahweh, the Lord of Israel, the God of gods.

Also he spared Jerusalem and took with him many of the royal family of Judah and made them royal administrators of his conquered kingdoms. Jews were spread throughout the empire. Because of this, it later became necessary for the Hellenized Jews to have a Greek translation of their Hebrew Bible. The translation, known as the Septuagint (or LXX) for the seventy translators, was completed in 165 BC in a city founded by and named for Alexander, Alexandra, Egypt.

Thus, long before His birth, there were now available for the Gentile world the prophecies of the Messiah's coming as a humble servant who would provide a way to God for all peoples.

By discoverrevelation.com

The Future Fuhrer

Fuhrer means "leader" and it is one of the better-known titles of Adolf Hitler, the infamous dictator of Nazi Germany. The mere mention of his title quickly conjures up bad memories. It is permanently tied to the evil leader who gave us the Third Reich, the Gestapo, the Storm Troopers, the Hitler Youth, the Society of German Maidens and other despicable groups. It spurs images of World War II: the arming of 70 million troops worldwide, the death of about 17 million troops, the death of about 20 million Soviet citizens, and so many more from other nations; no one really knows how many perished. Fuhrer or "leader" also reminds people of the swastika, goose-steping German troops, concentration camps, death camps, the ovens of Auschwitz, the bombing of England, the ruins of Europe, famine, fire, pestilence and large national debts. It reminds people of the depraved man who touched off the world's darkest hour. But the wicked fuhrer of WW II was just a forewarning of the final fuhrer, and the disaster the first fuhrer caused will pale in comparison to what the Bible says the final fuhrer will bring in. John said, "And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer" (Revelation 6:2). The bow was a weapon of war and a symbol of military power in John's day. The antichrist will' appear with a bow in his hand, but he will have no arrows. Daniel said, "by peace shall [he] destroy many" (Daniel 8:25).

What will the World Be Like When the Antichrist Appears?

When addressing this, the Apostle Paul used the phrase "perilous times" (2 Timothy 3:1). "Perilous times" includes war, and one of the signs of the last days that Jesus talked about is "wars and rumors of wars" (Matthew 24:6). While the antichrist is negotiating peace and consolidating his power, God will release a second horse and rider. John said, "there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword" (Revelation 6:4). The second rider will bring war to the earth. "Perilous times" also includes "economic disaster." While the antichrist is boasting about having solutions to the world's problems, God will release a third horse and rider. John said, "I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine" (Revelation 6:5, 6). While the third rider will bring economic collapse to the world, the fourth rider will bring death to millions. John said, "I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth" (Revelation 6:8).

The Antichrist's Characteristics:

I. He will be possessed of extraordinary intelligence. In Daniel 7:20 he is represented as "A horn that had eyes." It is a double symbol. The "horn" prefigures strength; "eyes" speak of intelligence. Again, in Daniel 8:23 he is referred to as "A King of fierce countenance." who shall "understand dark sentences." That which baffles others shall be simple to him. The Hebrew word here translated "dark sentences" is the same as the one rendered "hard questions". It indicates that the Antichrist will be master of all the secrets of occult science. This will be one of his most alluring attractions. His master mind will captivate the educated world. His marvelous store of knowledge, his acquaintance with the secrets of nature, his superhuman powers of perception, will stamp him as an intellectual genius of the first magnitude.

II. In Daniel 7:20 we are told that he has "a mouth that spake very great things." He will have a mouth speaking very great things. He will have a perfect command and flow of language. His oratory will not only gain attention but command respect. Revelation 13:2 declares that his mouth is "as the mouth of a lion" which is a symbolic expression telling of the majesty and awe producing effects of his voice. The voice of the lion excels that of any other beast. So the Antichrist will out rival orators ancient and modern.

III. He will emerge from obscurity, but by dint of his diplomatic skill he will win the admiration and compel the cooperation of the political world. In the early stages of his career he appears as "a little horn" (or power), but it is not long before he climbs the ladder of fame, and by means of brilliant statesmanship, ascends its topmost rung. Like the majority of politicians, he will not scruple to employ questionable methods; in fact it will be by diplomatic chicanery and intrigue that he will win his early successes. Daniel 11:21 tells us that at first they will not give to him the honor of the kingdom, but "he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries." Once he gains the ascendancy none will dare to challenge his authority.

IV. "And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand" (Dan. 8:25). Under his regime everything will be nationalized, and none will be able to buy or sell without his permission (Rev. 13:17). All commerce will be under his personal control, and this will be used for his own aggrandizement. The wealth of the world will be at his disposal. There are several scriptures which call attention to this. In Daniel 11:38 we are told, "But in his estate shall he honor the god of forces (Satan): and a god whom his fathers knew not shall be honor with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things." Even plainer is Daniel 11:43, "But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt." In the last verse of Daniel 11 mention is made of his "palace." Ezekiel. 28:4, 5 speaks of him thus, "With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures: By thy great wisdom and by thy traffic hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches."

V. He will be endowed with the most extraordinary powers, so that "he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practice, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people" (Dan. 8:24). Before his exploits the fame of Alexander and Napoleon will be forgotten. None will be able to stand before him. He will go "forth conquering and to conquer" (Rev. 6:2). He will sweep everything before him so that the world will exclaim, "Who is like unto the Beast? who is able to make war with him?" (Rev. 13:4). His military exploits will not be confined to a corner, but carried out on a vast scale. He is spoken of as the man who will "shake kingdoms" and "make the earth to tremble" (Isa. 14:16).

VI. He will weld together opposing forces. He will unify conflicting agencies. Under the compelling power of his skill the world Powers will be united. The dream of a League of Nations will then be realized. A marvelous symbolic picture of this is given us in Revelation 13:1,2: "And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a Beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. And the Beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the Dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority." Here we find the forces of the Roman, the Grecian, the Medo-Persian, and the Babylonian empires coalesced. He will be the personal embodiment of the world's political authority in its final form. So completely will the world be swayed by the hypnotic spell cast over it by the Beast that the ten kings of the Roman empire in its ultimate form shall "give their kingdoms unto him" (Rev. 17:17). He will be the last great Caesar.

VII. He will proclaim himself God, demanding that Divine honors should be rendered to him and sitting in the Temple shall show himself forth that he is God (2 Thess. 2:4). Such wonders will he perform, such prodigious marvels will he work, the very elect would be deceived by him did not God directly protect them. The Man of Sin will combine in himself all the varied genius of the human race, and what is more, he will be invested with all the wisdom and power of Satan. He will be a master of science, acquainted with all of nature's forces, compelling her to give up for him her long held secrets. "In this master-piece of Satan," says one, "will be concentrated intellectual greatness, sovereign power and human glory, combined with every species of iniquity, pride, tyranny, willfulness, deceit, and blasphemy." "All the world wondered after the Beast" (Rev. 13:3). His final triumph shall be that men will readily pay him Divine homage, yea, so great will be his dazzling power over men, they will worship his very image (Rev. 13:14,15).

This coming world leader will begin by exerting control over ten nations which were once part of the Roman Empire   . . .

             "The ten horns are ten kings who shall arise from [out of]
              this kingdom [the Roman Empire ... could be 10 nations out of the European Union)
              And another shall rise after them;
              he [the Antichrist] shall be different from the first ones,
              and shall subdue three kings [or nations] . . ."
              (Dan 7:24)

"Shall be different"... we don't know what nationality this man will be, or what might make him "different." In one verse he is described as 'the Assyrian' (an area around Syria and Iraq). This man will quickly consolidate power over 10 nations (probably European) and then over the whole world through treaties and war. God warns this man will be empowered by Satan. He will lead the world into the terrors of the Apocalypse. The world will view him as a great leader and a man of peace. This man will be Satan's counterfeit messiah. He will use deception and lies to "spin" his web of deceit and to conceal his true motives.

The Beast: The Rise of Satan's Anti-christ . . .

             "Then I stood on the sand of the sea.
              And I saw a beast
              rising up out of the sea,
              having seven heads and ten horns,
              and on his horns ten crowns,
              [The book of Daniel explains these represent 10 nations he will rule]
              and on his heads a blasphemous name . . .
              The dragon [Satan] gave him his power,
              his throne, and great authority."
              (Rev 13:1,2)

             "The coming of the lawless one
               is according to the working of Satan,
              with all power, signs [miracles], and lying wonders"
              (II Th 2:9-10)

             "It was granted to him to make war with the saints
              and to overcome them.
              And authority was given him
              over every tribe, tongue, and nation."
              [This "leader" will dominate "World" governments]
              (Rev 13:7)

We are told quite a bit about this coming world leader, who will someday soon rise in power . . .

     - He will be indwelt and empowered by Satan
     - He will rise to power over 10 nations [from the old Roman Empire ... Europe?
     - He will somehow be 'diverse from the rest' so we are not certain he will be European
     - He will bring peace, yet conquer through treaties and war
     - He will be very, very popular around the world
     - He will be a great talker and speech maker
     - He will likely be charismatic and is called the king of fierce countenance
     - He will enforce a "peace" plan or resolution [covenant] upon nation Israel
         [It doesn't say he signs this treaty, but he enforces some coming 'peace plan' or resolution]
     - He will appear to perform miracles ("lying signs and wonders")
     - He will require that everybody on Earth receive a mark or identification on their
           forehead or hand and nobody will legally be able to buy or sell without it
     - He will declare he is "God"
     - Unspeakable terror and war will then engulf Earth for exactly 3Ѕ years (1260 days)
     - He will direct the slaughter of millions
     - He will lead the armies of the world into Israel . . . Armageddon.

A Second Beast will Rise.

The coming Antichrist will have a partner - the false prophet . . .

             "Then I saw another beast coming up out of the Earth,
              and he had two horns like a lamb
              and spoke like a dragon.
              And he exercises all the authority
              of the first beast [the Anti-christ] in his presence,
              and causes the Earth and those who dwell in it
              to worship the first beast [the Anti-christ],
              whose deadly wound was healed."
              (Rev 13:11-12)

This powerful leader will rise to power with the Antichrist. In this prophecy God reveals some important information and details concerning this man ...
"Two horns like a lamb,", but "spoke like a dragon" tells us he will be controlled and directed by Satan. This person, along with the religious system he will lead, is referred to as "The Woman Who Rides the Beast" in the book of Revelation. This evil, blood-thirsty "one-world" religion appears to rise out of Rome.

The "Image of the Beast" . . .

             "He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast,
              that the image of the beast should both speak
              and cause as many as would not worship
              the image of the beast to be killed."
              (Rev 13:15)

This false prophet will create some sort of an "image" representing the Anti-christ. All those who refuse to worship it will be executed.

How America’s Police Became An Army: The 1033 Program

As many have noted, Ferguson, Missouri, currently looks like a war zone. And its police—kitted out with Marine-issue camouflage and military-grade body armor, toting short-barreled assault rifles, and rolling around in armored vehicles—are indistinguishable from soldiers.

America has been quietly arming its police for battle since the early 1990s.

Faced with a bloated military and what it perceived as a worsening drug crisis, the 101st Congress in 1990 enacted the National Defense Authorization Act. Section 1208 of the NDAA allowed the Secretary of Defense to “transfer to Federal and State agencies personal property of the Department of Defense, including small arms and ammunition, that the Secretary determines is— (A) suitable for use by such agencies in counter-drug activities; and (B) excess to the needs of the Department of Defense.” It was called the 1208 Program. In 1996, Congress replaced Section 1208 with Section 1033.

The idea was that if the U.S. wanted its police to act like drug warriors, it should equip them like warriors, which it has—to the tune of around $4.3 billion in equipment, according to a report by the American Civil Liberties Union. The St. Louis County Police Department’s annual budget is around $160 million. By providing law enforcement agencies with surplus military equipment free of charge, the NDAA encourages police to employ military weapons and military tactics.

1033 procurements are not matters of public record. And the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), which coordinates distribution of military surplus, refuses to reveal the names of agencies requesting “tactical” items, like assault rifles and MRAPs — for security reasons, a spokesperson for DLA told Newsweek via email. One can only trace “tactical” items as far the county of the requesting agency. In the case of Ferguson, that means St. Louis County.

Despite the fact that police in Ferguson have been photographed with a matte black vehicle which appears to be a “Bearcat” MRAP, O’Connell told Newsweek that no St. Louis County law enforcement agencies have acquired any MRAPs through the 1033 program.

If the vehicle in the above Reuters photo is indeed an MRAP and not one of the nine “utility trucks” acquired by St. Louis County law enforcement, O’Connell said he does not know where it came from.

Police in Watertown, Connecticut, (population 22,514) recently acquired a mine-resistant, ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicle (sticker price: $733,000), designed to protect soldiers from roadside bombs, for $2,800. There has never been a landmine reported in Watertown, Connecticut.

Police in small towns in Michigan and Indiana have used the 1033 Program to acquire “MRAP armored troop carriers, night-vision rifle scopes, camouflage fatigues, Humvees and dozens of M16 automatic rifles,” the South Bend Tribune reported.

And police in Bloomington, Georgia, (population: 2,713) acquired four grenade launchers through the program, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

Given the proliferation of military weapons and military training among America’s police departments, the use of military force and military tactics is not surprising. When your only tool is a hammer, after all, every problem looks like a nail.

Update: Missouri DPS Communications Director O'Connell on Thursday morning sent the following e-mail confirming that St. Louis law enforcement agencies also received 12 5.56 millimeter rifles and six .45 caliber pistols as part of 1033 Program.

Our DoD program rep was curious why no weapons showed up in her search yesterday. She searched a different way this morning and it showed that twelve 5.56 millimeter rifles and six .45 caliber pistols went to St. Louis County law enforcement agencies between Aug. 2, 2010 and Feb. 13, 2013. This was erroneously omitted from the report I sent you last night. She’s double checked again this morning and is confident this was the only omission.

Sorry for the oversight.

Mike

By: www.newsweek.com/

Do Local Police Really Need MRAPs?

When you have a hammer, every problem begins to look like a nail. And thanks to federal largesse, local police across the USA are accumulating an arsenal of law enforcement hammers, including assault rifles, armored vehicles, grenade launchers and even military aircraft.

The inevitable outcome is the sort of spectacle that occurred in Ferguson, Mo., before the protests there turned violent: heavily armed police in battle gear more suitable for Iraq than a small American city. Police militarization fosters an "us vs. them" mentality that can alienate the very communities that officers are supposed to serve.

Unquestionably, police sometimes need military gear. A case in point is the 1997 incident in Los Angeles when two bank robbers, outfitted with body armor and automatic assault rifles, terrorized civilians and outgunned police for almost 45 minutes until officers obtained heavier weapons from a nearby gun store.

But incidents like that are rare, and there's growing resentment of police employing heavy-handed tactics in situations that call for a lighter touch.

Examples include a series of raids on Orlando-area barber shops in 2010 that resulted mostly in arrests for "barbering without an active license." One of the worst recent excesses was a "no-knock" drug raid in May on a home near Atlanta, where police in SWAT gear launched a flash-bang grenade that landed in a crib, severely burning a 19-month-old boy. Police found no drugs and arrested no one. An ACLU report found that these tactics are disproportionately used against blacks and other minorities.

Why have police gone the military route? It dates to the riots of the 1960s, attacks on police by radical groups in the 1970s, and the war on drugs in the 1980s and 1990s. Then came the war on terror. The fear that al-Qaeda could attack anywhere led even small cities to want military-grade protection. Keene, N.H., used the possibility of terror attacks to justify acquiring a $286,000 BearCat armored vehicle to protect its annual Pumpkin Festival, among other events.

This might seem comical, but taxpayer money is fueling the militarization. Congress created a grant program through the Department of Homeland Security that has doled out more than $7 billion to cities such as Keene.

Congress also authorized the Pentagon to transfer hundreds of millions of dollars of military equipment from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through the so-called 1033 Program. That's how police in Neenah, Wis., acquired an MRAP, a 30-ton Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle originally designed to survive roadside bombs in war zones.

It's time for the Obama administration and Congress to scale back the arms spree. Transfers of military equipment should come with stricter conditions on training and use. Police departments need better standards for when and how to deploy heavy weapons and SWAT tactics.

Trust and respect go a long way toward making police officers' job easier, something that can get lost when law enforcement seems more like an occupying force than cops on the beat.

By: www.usatoday.com/

REAL ID Enforcement Starts This Week: What You Should Know

After several delays, the REAL ID enforcement deadline is here. Starting Wednesday, you’ll need a compliant identification card to board a domestic flight and enter certain federal facilities.

Enforcement of the ID requirement, which stems back to legislation passed following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, officially begins on Wednesday, May 7.

Here are some things to know before the REAL ID deadline takes effect.

Do I have a REAL ID?

Before you schedule a trip to your DMV, check your wallet: you may already have a REAL ID-compliant driver’s license or state identification card. Many states have been issuing compliant cards for years.

If there is a star on your driver’s license or state ID card, you have a REAL ID-compliant card. The star may be black or gold, completely filled in or just the outline. Either way, you’re compliant.

Some states — Minnesota, Michigan, New York, and Vermont — issue REAL ID-compliant IDs and enhanced driver’s licenses (Washington only issues the latter). State-enhanced driver’s licenses are marked with a flag rather than a star and include a chip that can make it easier to enter the U.S. by land or sea from Canada, Mexico, or the Caribbean, according to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol. REAL IDs cannot be used for crossing the borders.

Can I still get a REAL ID?

The short answer is yes, REAL IDs will still be issued even after the May 7 enforcement date. If you are flying domestically soon and do not have a REAL ID, however, you’ll need to bring along more than your driver’s license to board the flight (more on that in a moment).

If you’re in a rush to get one, however, you may be out of luck. Several states have reported a lack of appointments to get a REAL ID in recent weeks, including offices in New Jersey, Illinois, and Kentucky, the Associated Press reported.

How do I get a REAL ID?

Should you be lucky enough to schedule an appointment for a REAL ID (if that’s necessary in your state), you’ll want to make sure you have the necessary documentation.

At minimum, you’ll need to prove your full legal name, your date of birth, your Social Security number, two proofs of address for your principal residence, and your lawful status.

Four documents — your birth certificate and your Social Security card (or, in some cases, just the number), plus a bill and a pay stub — could help you meet all of those requirements. You may, however, need different or additional documents depending on your situation.

Ultimately, you’ll want to check with your local DMV to determine qualifying documents and roughly how long it will take for your REAL ID to be available.

What if I don’t have a REAL ID?

You will not necessarily be kept from boarding a plane, or other activities that require a valid driver’s license.

If you do not have a REAL ID and have a domestic flight planned for departure after the May 7 deadline, don’t panic: You can use another approved form of identification to board your flight.

TSA lists several on its website, including:

U.S. passport or passport card

Foreign government-issued passport

Veteran Health Identification Card

DHS trusted traveler cards

Department of Defense ID (including those issued to dependents)

Permanent resident card

Border crossing card

Acceptable photo ID issued by a federally recognized Tribal Nation/Indian Tribe, including Enhanced Tribal Cards

HSPD-12 PIV cards

Canadian provincial driver’s license or Indian and Northern Affairs Canada card

Transportation worker identification credential

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Employment Authorization Card (I-766)

U.S. Merchant Mariner Credential

You can find more details about TSA’s screening process here. The TSA notes that even if you arrive at the airport without a valid form of identification, you may still be able to fly by completing an identity verification process with a TSA officer.

Do I need a REAL ID?

It depends. REAL IDs are optional and the need for one will vary based on your situation.

You do not need a REAL ID to drive, vote, receive benefits or services from your state or federal government, buy alcohol, enter a federal facility that otherwise does not require an ID (like a post office), go to a hospital, or “participate in law enforcement proceedings or investigations,” like jury duty.

Generally, if you are flying domestically, or visiting nuclear power plants, military bases, or other sites with federal ID requirements, you may need a REAL ID.

Children under the age of 18 do not need to provide identification while flying within the U.S.

Also:

TSA Begins REAL ID Full Enforcement on May 7

Travelers with a non-compliant ID will face additional screening measures, possible travel delays

Today, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced the imminent implementation of its REAL ID enforcement measures at TSA checkpoints nationwide.

“Secretary Noem and the Trump administration are enforcing the 2005 REAL ID Act and regulations on May 7, as directed by Congress and the American people,” said Adam Stahl, TSA Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Administrator. “The Real ID requirement bolsters safety by making fraudulent IDs harder to forge, thwarting criminals and terrorists. TSA will implement REAL ID effectively and efficiently, continuing to ensure the safety and security of passengers while also working to minimize operational disruptions at airports.”

On May 7, TSA will no longer accept state-issued identifications that are not REAL ID compliant at TSA security checkpoints. All airline passengers 18 years and older, including TSA PreCheck® members, must present REAL ID-compliant identification or another acceptable ID, such as a passport, at TSA security checkpoints. Noncitizens illegally present in the U.S. who are voluntarily self-deporting on international flights will not be denied boarding under this requirement.

Passengers who present a state-issued identification that is not REAL ID compliant and who do not have another acceptable alternative (e.g., passport) can expect to face delays, additional screening and the possibility of not being permitted into the security checkpoint.

Currently, 81% of travelers at TSA checkpoints present an acceptable identification including a state-issued REAL ID. TSA expects the number of passengers obtaining REAL IDs to steadily increase and will continue with additional screening measures for those without a REAL ID until it is no longer considered a security vulnerability.

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Project High Incident Las Vegas

There are indications that the Las Vegas shooting was a black project.

This was posted on /pol/ Sep 11 this year - a wild guess or a little too specific for comfort?

"Anonymous ID:LAbNFEtv Mon 11 Sep 2017 06:28:12 No.141102703 ViewReport

it's called the "high incident project". they want to make the american public think that places with extremely high security aren't safe. they are trying to create more regulations. you will see laws proposed within the next few years to put up more metal detectors and other security devices. media and politicians will be saying places with lots of police need even more police. i can't guarantee anything will happen tomorrow but las vegas is on their minds.
-john"

And

"Anonymous ID:LAbNFEtv Mon 11 Sep 2017 06:55:53 No.141104921 ViewReport

if their plan is successful state of nevada will pass a law in the future making all casinos have mandatory metal detectors and backscatter machines. soon after a federal law will be passed to put these machines in universities, high schools, federal buildings, you name it. osi systems and chertoff are the main producers of these machines. sometime around 2020 chertoff and osi will merge into a single company. after they merge the owners will sell off all their stock and make billions in profit. mr chertoff has been in contact with sheldon adelson. mr adelson will become a huge sponsor of these machines and he will be the first to put them in his casinos when the law passes. this is my last message for now. don't expect me to return anytime soon
-john"

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